Books like Bubble Trouble

Looking for books like Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy (Children's · grades K–5)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to Bubble Trouble

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Why each is a match

A Scar like a Rivergrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
A Sitting in St. Jamesgrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
A World Without Summergrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
Death in the Junglegrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
From a Whisper to a Rallying Crygrades 4–10
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–10), and the same era (2020s).
I Know How to Draw an Owlgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
I Talk Like a Rivergrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
Kingrades 4–9
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (4–9), and the same era (2020s).
King of Ragtimegrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).
Leaf Man Board Bookgrades K–5
Same genre (Children's), overlapping grades (K–5), and the same era (2020s).

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